Review: Last Night At Twisted River - John Irving

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Title: Last Night At Twisted River
Author: John Irving
Genre: novel, family
Publisher: De Bezige Bij (2009)
Pages: Hardcover, 554
Language: English
Rating: 7/10
Summary: In a story spanning five decades, we follow the lives of three generations, starting with a father and son's last night at Twisted River.

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Review: Mees Kees in de Gloria - Mirjam Oldenhave

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Title: Mees Kees in de Gloria (Hip Hip Hooray for Master Kees)
Author: Mirjam Oldenhave
Genre: Children's, Family
Publisher: CPNB Children's BookWeek 2010
Pages: Paperback, 91
Language: Dutch
Rating: 6/10
Summary: Mees Kees is a teacher in training and hero of Tobias, who is trying to hide the problems at home.

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Review: Spijt! (Regret!) - Carry Slee

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Title: Spijt! (Regret!)
Author: Carry Slee
Genre: Children's, Teens, Drama
Publisher: FMB Uitgevers 2010 (1996)
Pages: Hardcover, 239
Language: Dutch
Rating: 8/10
Summary: David sees how Jochem is being bullied, but doesn't know what to do. Until things go very wrong.

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Review: Majas Morsas Kompis Sambo - Katarina Kieri

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Title: De Vriend van de Vriendin van de Moeder van Maja
(The Boyfriend of the Friend of Maja's Mother)
Original Title: Majas Morsas Kompis Sambo
Author: Katarina Kieri
Genre: Short stories
Publisher: Van Goor (2009)
Pages: Hardcover, 143
Language: Read in Dutch, translated from Swedish
Rating: 7/10
Summary: Seemingly random stories about a group of teenagers

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Review: Wings Of Equity - Sean Kennedy

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Title: Wings Of Equity
Author: Sean Kennedy
Genre: Steampunk
Publisher: Dreamspinnerpress (2010)
Pages: Paperback, 248
Language: English
Rating: 8/10
Summary: Ezra Kneebone designed his own airship and hopes to build a whole fleet together with his best friend and pilot Jazz. The bounty on the head of a flying Robin Hood, known as Icarus, is just the kind of money they need to get their business started. But when Icarus saves his life, Ezra isn't so sure the man should be in jail, even if Icarus managed to steal... his heart. (hehehehehe)

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Review: Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas

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Title: Our Tragic Universe
Author: Scarlett Thomas
Genre: Novel
Publisher: Canongate Books (2010)
Pages: Hardcover, 425
Language: English
Rating: 9/10
Summary: Meg -still working on that big break through novel- has been living a quiet excistence with her unemployed boyfriend, whom she once dumped her first long term partner for. To pay the rent she writes mostly pulpfiction under the name of a ficticious sci-fi author. Occasionally she reviews scientific non-fiction. When she accidently receives a semi spiritual book to write about, it seems to inspire her to change her own life.

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